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I also created my own file browser, in Gtk3, and also had my own model/view widget, cause what Gtk3 provides is too nimble.
Anyway, the biggest issue is making it usable, since when you think you've got like 80% of the work done turns out you gotta do lots of other things before you're really done - displaying the files in list/grid view and doing file I/O is just the beginning.

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In 2 years he won't achieve what Dolphin achieved.
The guy that wrote is uninformed. The port to the new engine in Dolphin 2.0 had also the purpose to be easier to port to QML.
It is way easier(and a better idea) to port Dolphin 2 to QML than write a new one with all the features Dolphin has.

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How about that just fix that pig of a file browser called Dolphin first?

It's a real chore going from OS X/NeXTSTEP to these dog ass slow file browsers and yes old Konqueror as a file browser was more enjoyable that the ``oh look Dolphin crashed would you like to send the report and launch a new instance'' panels that invariably arises at least twice a week even with KDE 4.11.2.

Then again the big fat +/- red states that hang around throughout KDE apps is another eye sore. It makes the basic concept of drag n' drop that was effortless on NeXTSTEP and later OS X look like cutting teeth in KDE, never mind cut/copy/paste.

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How about that just fix that pig of a file browser called Dolphin first?

It's a real chore going from OS X/NeXTSTEP to these dog ass slow file browsers and yes old Konqueror as a file browser was more enjoyable that the ``oh look Dolphin crashed would you like to send the report and launch a new instance'' panels that invariably arises at least twice a week even with KDE 4.11.2.

Then again the big fat +/- red states that hang around throughout KDE apps is another eye sore. It makes the basic concept of drag n' drop that was effortless on NeXTSTEP and later OS X look like cutting teeth in KDE, never mind cut/copy/paste.

Maybe you should check your RAM or clean up your repositorys or dolphin-config or change the Distro or something...
Dolphin here on openSuse Tumbleweed does crash maybe twice a year when I try out latest betas and RCs of suse... and I use it every day extensively with nfs and samba shares etc. It also feels fast enough for me.... and the integrated Konsole (F4 Button) is the best thing ever!

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It would be nice to have a Qt-only file browser, not related to KDE, for use with LXDE-qt (I know there's Andromeda and now also PCManFM, but I find Andromeda annoying, and it's always nice to have more choice).

In 2 years he won't achieve what Dolphin achieved.
The guy that wrote is uninformed. The port to the new engine in Dolphin 2.0 had also the purpose to be easier to port to QML.
It is way easier(and a better idea) to port Dolphin 2 to QML than write a new one with all the features Dolphin has.